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Errors in In the news

• The article "Hurricane Michael" indicates 31 deaths in the USA, but "In the news" implies only 18. Axl ¤ [Talk] 12:24, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

  The article has 31 in the lead without any reference to that figure, or a reference for that figure, in the body of the article. That needs fixing first. Fish+Karate 13:12, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

• Kerch Polytechnic attack: Needs a comma after "Crimea". MOS:COMMA. Moscow Mule (talk) 16:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day

OTD today

• 1964 – Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opened the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra. — Needs a comma after capital, because it can only be Canberra. "Opened" is also a strange choice of verb to use for the commemoration of a lake. Modulus12 (talk) 07:37, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

   Fixed the comma, please suggest a better word than 'opened', I can't think of one. Fish+Karate 09:47, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

• Is there a reason why OTD describes the Israeli as having been assassinated, but the Palestinian as a 'targeted killing'? That looks like double standards - better to call them both assassinations. Our targeted killing article acknowledges it as a euphemism for assassination. Modest Genius ^talk 10:47, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
  • A targeted killing is (apparently) an assassination based on the presumption of criminal guilt. It is very much a euphemism, and one that Wikipedia has a nasty habit of perpetuating (for example, see the article on Abu Ali Mustafa. The OTD blurb is in line with the content of the source articles (so reflecting their language, whether that's perpetuating a bias or not, I leave to the reader). I've changed it to "death of Abu Ali Mustafa", which avoids a descriptor entirely. Fish+Karate 11:18, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

• " King David II of Scotland...led an invasion of England during the Hundred Years' War, but was captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross." But should be replaced with and, as there is nothing contradictory about the statement. Primergrey (talk) 11:32, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Being captured contradicts invading. Stephen 11:40, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Not at all. He led an invasion and was captured. Primergrey (talk) 13:26, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

More importantly, our article states that the invasion began on 7 October, ten days before the battle. I suggest 'King David II of Scotland was captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross, during his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.'. Modest Genius ^talk 14:01, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Reworded very slightly from Modest Genius's suggestion, to King David II of Scotland was captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross, following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France, during the Hundred Years' War. Fish+Karate 14:21, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

• "1964 – Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital, Canberra." - this needs to include (pictured) after "Lake Burley Griffin," since that is the image that is shown in the OTD section. --DannyS712 (talk) 15:38, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

OTD tomorrow

• Oct 18, 2nd item 1565 needs a verb, add 'occured' after 'Japanese'? JennyOz (talk) 02:51, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done Fish+Karate 09:27, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Errors in the current or next Did you know...

DYK current

Where is the reliable source stating that the public flogging of Ana María Campos in September 1822 was the cause of her death from an epileptic fit in October 1828? Neither of the cited links in the article seem to say that she died "as a result of injuries from torture". 213.205.240.198 (talk) 13:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Hmmmm.... the first cited source says (rough translation) "[S]ome historians claim that she was bathing in the waters of Maracaibo Lake when she suffered an epilepsy attack, the product of the physical trauma from the torture, others claim that ... she went on a long journey and devastated by fatigue and physical breakdown, fell at the gates of a convent where he was attended by a doctor but soon died.". Tha second source says "She was 32 and never recovered from the brutal torture." That does seem a little weak for such a direct assertion. I've removed that portion of the blurb. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:17, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's featured picture

POTD today

• Study of a Young Girl - One sentence of the description doesn't match the image:
  • Reads at present: "...The sitter is depicted as having a widely spaced and flat face..."
  • Suggested correction: "...The sitter is depicted as having widely spaced eyes and a flat face..."
  • Alternative suggestion: "...The sitter is depicted as having widely spaced features in a flat face..."
• -- Deborahjay (talk) 11:14, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done, went with the alternative as it's not just the eyes. Fish+Karate 12:54, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

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